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Friday, September 18, 2009

Audi Press Conference at Frankfurt Motor Show: Includes e-tron and R8 Spyder - COMPLETE VIDEO

Audi Press Conference at Frankfurt Motor Show: Includes e-tron and R8 Spyder - COMPLETE VIDEO

AUTO CENTRAL - September 18, 2009: Each of the key German auto manufacturers pulled out all the stops at this years IAA Frankfurt Motor Show. Mercedes did another spectacular floor show, reminiscent of Cirque d'Soleil; BMW built an incredible indoor highway, and Audi simply showcased some fabulous vehicles. ... Continue reading

Autobytel Inc. Receives De-Listing Notification from NASDAQ...FINALLY

Autobytel Inc. Receives De-Listing Notification from NASDAQ...FINALLY

IRVINE, Calif.--Autobytel Inc. , a leading automotive marketing services company, today announced that it received a letter dated September 15, 2009, from The NASDAQ Stock Market, notifying Autobytel that during the preceding 30 consecutive business days, the closing bid price of Autobytel’s common stock has been ... Continue reading

RaceFanRadio Launches Active Ticker Updates

RaceFanRadio Launches Active Ticker Updates

Indianapolis September 18, 2009: RaceFanRadio President and CEO Charlie Brown announced today that another new promotional element has been added to the RFR site…..a scrolling “News Update Ticker”. Much like all of the “news tickers” and “crawlers” associated with motorsports media si ... Continue reading

Nissan Asks...Which 4X4 Are You?

Nissan Asks...Which 4X4 Are You?

It used to be "want, want, want" where 4x4s were concerned. Now it's "need, need, need". And in this new needs-based market one 4x4 company ticks all the right boxes – and now has the website to prove it. ... Continue reading

Secret Video Reveals Automotive Media Hiring Process - EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

Secret Video Reveals Automotive Media Hiring Process - EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

AUTO CENTRAL - September 18, 2009: A recent analyst hiring battle has erupted between Kelley Blue Book and Edmunds.com, in which the two media outlet wannabees are scrambling to find someone that actually understands business. The Auto Channel has just uncovered a secret video tape showing the screening process that wa ... Continue reading

Memphis Motorsports Park Announces 2010 Schedule

Memphis Motorsports Park Announces 2010 Schedule

MEMPHIS, September 9, 2009: With the track’s marquee NHRA and NASCAR events still to come in October, Memphis Motorsports Park is already looking ahead to next season, releasing today the major event dates for the 2010 season. The new season kicks off in April with a Mid-South fan favorite, with the Super Chevy Sh ... Continue reading

Lamb Leads First MX-5 Cup Practice at Miller Motorsports Park

Lamb Leads First MX-5 Cup Practice at Miller Motorsports Park

TOOELE, Sept. 18, 2009: Todd Lamb, of Atlanta, Ga., led the first practice session for Round Eight of the SCCA Pro Racing Playboy Mazda MX-5 Cup at Miller Motorsports Park. Teammate and defending race winner Brad Rampelberg, of San Jose, Calif., was second, followed by Marc Miller, of Holland, Mich. Currently leading t ... Continue reading

IndyCar Series Qualifying - Motegi - September 18, 2009

IndyCar Series Qualifying - Motegi - September 18, 2009

MOTEGI, Japan - Qualifying Friday for the Indy Japan 300 IndyCar Series event on the 1.5-mile Twin Ring Motegi, with starting position, car number in parentheses, driver, chassis-engine and speed: 1. (9) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 202.031 2. (5) Mario Moraes, Dallara-Honda, 201.504 3. (10) Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Ho ... Continue reading

Statement Regarding Versus Coverage On DirecTV

Statement Regarding Versus Coverage On DirecTV

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 18, 2009: The following is a statement from the Indy Racing League, the sanctioning body of the IndyCar Series, regarding VERSUS' coverage of the Indy Japan 300 on DirecTV: "We have been in constant communication with our television partner VERSUS regarding its negotiations with DirecTV. Talks have ... Continue reading

Dixon Claims Pole At Japan

Dixon Claims Pole At Japan

MOTEGI, Japan, Friday, Sept. 18, 2009 - Two-time IndyCar Series champion Scott Dixon earned the PEAK Performance Pole Award with a dramatic qualifying run to win his first pole of the season at the Indy Japan 300 at Twin Ring Motegi. Dixon, the 23rd and final driver to qualify, recorded a four-lap average of 202.031 mp ... Continue reading

Toyota iQ Puts on the Style at Frankfurt

Toyota iQ Puts on the Style at Frankfurt

Diminutive but distinctive, Toyota's iQ is capturing the spotlight at the Frankfurt motor show with two bold new design studies that further prove responsible, sub-100g/km motoring doesn't have to be dull. ... Continue reading

The Most Exclusive, Elegant, and Powerful Four Door Automobile in the World - The Bugatti 16 C Galibier Concept

The Most Exclusive, Elegant, and Powerful Four Door Automobile in the World - The Bugatti 16 C Galibier Concept

As the climax of its centenary celebration ceremonies, Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. presented customers and opinion-makers with the Bugatti 16 C Galibier concept, intended to be the most exclusive, elegant, and powerful four door automobile in the world last weekend in Molsheim. At the historic site where Ettore Bugatti ... Continue reading

German E Cars Benni unveiled at Frankfurt Motor Show

German E Cars Benni unveiled at Frankfurt Motor Show

Fraeger, a German automotive supplier used the Frankfurt Motor Show to introduce its latest idea, a new electric city car. ... Continue reading

Lexus Introduces the 2010 GS 450h

Lexus Introduces the 2010 GS 450h

Lexus's full hybrid GS 450h luxury sports saloon is being freshened up for the 2010 model year with styling changes, new colours, revisions to the Pre-Crash Safety system and more sophisticated navigation and audio packages. ... Continue reading

Johnson Controls Presents Advanced Battery Technology for Electric Driving

Johnson Controls Presents Advanced Battery Technology for Electric Driving

HANOVER, Germany, September 18 -- - Innovative Energy Concept Delivers Power and More Interior Space - Picture is available via EPA (European Pressphoto Agency) and can be downloaded free of charge at: http://www.presseportal.de/pm/19526/johnson_controls_gmbh/?keygroup=bil d Johnson Controls, one of the world's leading ... Continue reading

Hybrid Power for New-Look Kia Cee'd and All-New Kia Sorento

Hybrid Power for New-Look Kia Cee'd and All-New Kia Sorento

Making their first appearance at the Frankfurt Motor Show are the new-look Kia cee'd Hybrid and the all-new highly innovative Kia Sorento Diesel Hybrid concept cars - created at Kia's European R&D Centre as research 'tools'. These vehicles will be tested over many thousands of kilometres across Europe and will generate ... Continue reading

Kia Makes a Splash at Frankfurt Motor Show With All-New Models and 'EcoDynamics' Sub-Brand

Kia Makes a Splash at Frankfurt Motor Show With All-New Models and 'EcoDynamics' Sub-Brand

Kia Motors has made its presence felt at the 63rd Frankfurt International Motor Show by showcasing several new models, including the new Venga B-segment MPV for Europe, its new eco-friendly prototype vehicles and the company's 'EcoDynamics' sub-brand. ... Continue reading

Mazda-Powered PAC Performance Mazda6 is the World's Fastest Rotary

Mazda-Powered PAC Performance Mazda6 is the World's Fastest Rotary

The Pac Performance Mazda6 has officially become the world's fastest rotary-powered vehicle over 400 metres. ... Continue reading

Ford Live Turns Melbourne Pink With "The Breast Darn Show in Town"

Ford Live Turns Melbourne Pink With "The Breast Darn Show in Town"

Ford Live! will stage an exclusive comedy gala in Melbourne, "The Breast Darn Show in Town", to support the National Breast Cancer Foundation this October. ... Continue reading

Jaguar Land Rover Manufacturing Director Receives Prestigious Eurostar Award

Jaguar Land Rover Manufacturing Director Receives Prestigious Eurostar Award

Paul Cope, Director of Manufacturing for Jaguar Land Rover, has been named as the '2009 Automotive News Eurostar for Manufacturing'. ... Continue reading

Mazda Confirms That MAZDA2 Subcompact Car Will be Sold in U.S. and Canada

Mazda Confirms That MAZDA2 Subcompact Car Will be Sold in U.S. and Canada

PALM SPRINGS, Calif., Sept. 17 -- Mazda North American Operations' president and CEO, Jim O'Sullivan, confirmed today during a meeting of the company's top dealers that the MAZDA2 subcompact, or B-Car classification, car will be sold in the U.S. beginning in late 2010. It was previously announced that the car also will ... Continue reading

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